design awards can feel like vanity metrics. so what does winning one actually do? here's what happened in the 30 days after winning if: >feb 24: won @iFDESIGNAWARD (lighting) >mar 17: featured on @designboom >mar 18: full article on @yankodesign >mar 21: sold 70 lamps in 48 hours >mar 25: featured in @tmagazine by @nytimes monthly revenue grew 7.5x. zero ad spend. the mechanism i didn't realize going in: juried design awards function as editorial shortlists. top design publications cover the winners. retail buyers read those publications. the award itself doesn't sell anything, it puts you in rotation with the people whose job is finding new products.

Where is the best place to get smoothies in sf?

3-in-1 Mobility Innovation: Scooter, Walker and Cargo #Robot for Elderly Users by @Rainmaker1973 #Innovation #EmergingTech #Tech #Technology

@ San Francisco Introducing Open Campus. The last room you’ll build in before your first check. This summer, 200 of the most ambitious founders we could find are building at Founders, Inc. Next week, we’re opening a new part of our Fort Mason campus to 50 more founders builders each night. Daily 5-10pm. 50 spots/night. Comment what you’re building for an invite to our first session.

They reinvented the hearing aid by studying the human ear Normal hearing aid: $4700 Theirs: $20

making a desk fidget lamp w/ @tinki_loh

thoughts?

looking for fun events in sf about design, wellness, and how AI is affecting our health drop a link below if you know one!

Today, we’re launching our home robot Isaac 1. Isaac 1 deliveries will begin this fall. Order yours below.

thought this would take me 5 days but took less than 2 🤯 there is never a better time to build

5 days in at @fdotinc and got a job offer from one of their portfolio companies what should I do?

Does anyone else find soldering weirdly therapeutic? Or is it just me

waiting impatiently…

rate my ootd

proof i touched grass this weekend

a little weekend read :) x.com/cchevyyc/status/207127…

we need an X equivalent of “close friends stories” to post unhinged stuff

where is the best place to get healthy food in sf?

steal my founder sprint dashboard for the best lock-in of your life → countdown timer → priorities and brain dump notepad → north star tab to stay on track → sprint broken down into weeks progress bar → people CRM for users, advisors, investors built this to survive 42 days to demo day at @fdotinc comment for a link!

Today, we're introducing Claude for UGC. Strategy, briefs, vetting creators, payouts, analysis. All of it runs inside the AI you already use, with our MCP. Running a campaign has never been this easy. Btw all with real human creators. Live now.